180 W. Va. 233 - State v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
July 1998
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Estelle v. Smith · Buchanan v. Kentucky · Smith v. Estelle · 173 W. Va. 1 - State v. Young · 163 W. Va. 752 - State v. Milam
Most-quoted passages
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“Although a witness may be qualified as an expert by practical experience in a field of activity conferring special knowledge not shared by mankind in general, the question of whether a witness quali fies as an expert rests in the sound discretion of the trial court, whose decision will not be disturbed unless it is clearly wrong.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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